Gardening in South Louisiana

My New Back Porch

On our third year in our home, we have finally started to build our back porch! I would have preferred to have the builder put the porch on when we first had the house built but they wouldn’t build it the way we wanted it. Well, we decided that we would have it done later. And two years went by…

Now, my dad is helping us build it ourselves. It’s going to be a two phase project. This first area will be our outdoor kitchen area. The south wall is a double glass window that The Sushiman insists is perfect to block the wind from the cooking area. We’ve decided to cover the outside with lattice and put a garden box underneath so I can plant some climbing vines to grow up along our south wall. I already have some hardy kiwis which would be perfect there.

Hello

After years of container gardening on my apartment’s balcony, I finally have a house with a yard which needed a garden. My parents are avid gardeners, especially my dad, and have passed along the gardening genes as well as many wonderful plants to me. There’s something about a garden with brings a pleasant surprise every day to your life and helps you slow down that hectic and frantic lifestyle that so many of us go through on a daily basis. This will be my version of a combination of a gardening and life journal.